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Hyria aurorabia and Melit^ea ARTEMIS. — I was recently shown a 

 series of these insects taken, I was informed, on Wimbledon Common 

 in 1900. I should be pleased to hear if these species have been taken 

 by other collectors in this district. — B. Stonell. 



Lepidoptera in N. Dorset, 1903. — I think the most noteworthy fact 

 this year after (and certainly consequent on) the abnormal rainfall was 

 the paucity of individual specimens. Most of the species commonly 

 occurring in the district put in an appearance, but the numbers of each 

 could be counted with at least one nought less than usual, with one or 

 two exceptions. Of these the most noticeable were Bryophila perla — a 

 lichen-feeder and therefore one which would naturally revel in a wet 

 season — and Polia Jiavicincta. The latter seems to have appeared in 

 many places where not previously taken, and to have been abundant 

 in its usual haunts ; but for this I am unable to assign any reason. I 

 should mention that various causes prevented any entomological work 

 being done until April, and that I was away from home from July 

 23rd to Sept. 3rd, thus considerably shortening my list, which, how- 

 ever, does not include many of the very common species, of which no 

 note was taken. 



Smerinthus ocellatiis, June 20. Macroglossa stellatarum, April 7. 

 Gnophria rubricoUis, June 1. Arctia lAantaginis, July 8. Hepialus hu- 

 viuli, June 30. Porthesia aurifiua, July 19. Dasychira pudihunda 

 (from pupa), March 30. Trichiura cratcE;/i, Sept. 24. Pcecilocampa 

 jpopuli, Dec. 8, 9. Malacosoma neustria, July 22 to Aug. 4. Lasio- 

 campa qiiercus, July 7. Vicraniira vinula, May 22 to 30. Thyatira de- 

 rasa, July 20. Bryophila muralis, July 20. B. perla, July 8 to Sept. 

 7. Acronycta psi, July 14. Diloba caruleocephala (males), Oct. 12 to 

 19. Leucania pallens, Sept. 23 to Oct. 2. Hydrcecia micacea, Oct. 17. 

 Xylophasia lithoxylea, June 25 to July 6. Luperina testacea, Sept. 11 

 to Oct. 1. Mamestra sordida, July 6. M. brassiccs, Oct. 2 (just emerged). 

 Apamea baslinea, June 22. Miana fasciuncida, July 6. AI. furuncula, 

 July 15 to 19. Caradrina morpheus, July 16. C. cubicularis, Sept. 6 

 to 30. Arjrotis sufusa, Sept. 22 to Oct. 9. A. saucia, Sept. 22. A. 

 segetuin, Sept. 26 to Oct. 3. yoctua plecta, Sept. 3 to 7. N. c-nigrum, 

 Sept. 18 to 26. N. rubi, Sept. 4 to 26. Amphipyra tragopogonis, Sept. 

 3. Orthosia pistacina, Sept. 26 to Oct. 10. 0. rujina, Oct. 2. 0. li- 

 tura, Sept. 12 to Oct. 10. 0. lunosa, Sept. 16, 17. Xantliia circellnris, 

 Oct. 2. Polia JJavicincta, Sept. 17 to Oct. 5. Miselia oxyacantlm, Oct. 

 19. Phlogophorameticulosa, June 22, Sept. 9 to Oct. 3. Euplexia luci- 

 para, July 18. Hadena oleracea, June 21 to July 18. CucuUia um- 

 bratica, July 20. Gonoptera libatrix, May 21. Habrostola tripartita, 

 July 16 to 20. H. triplasia, June 29 to July 19. Plusia chrysitis, 

 July 10. P. iota, July 10 to 18. Heliaca tenebrata, May 22. Phyto- 

 nietra miea. May 21 to June 27. Rumia liiteolata {cratagata), July 18, 

 Sept. 13 to 23. Venilia viacularia, May 31 to June 1. Odontopera bi- 

 dentata, May 19. Crocallis elinguaria, July 7. Ennomos fuscantaria, 

 Sept. 23, Himera pennaria, Nov. 22. Biston strataria, March. Heme- 

 rophila abruptaria, May 21 to 28. Boarmia rhomboidaria, July 10 to 

 18. Zonosoma annulata, Sept. 5. Asthena luteata, June 20 to July 7. 

 Acidalia dilutaria, July 21. A. remutaria, May 31. A. imitaria, July 

 15. Timandra amataria, July 15. Bapta temerata, June 1. Halia 



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